System features &
monitoring points
Plug & Play Installation | 24/7 Rumen Monitoring | Optimized for Phone, Tablet and PC | Realtime Access via Cloud Computing | 6+ years Battery Life | Maintenance free | Can integrate with other Farm Systems
Heat Detection
Rumen Temperature
Health Conditions
Water Intake
Calving
Rumen pH
HOW IT WORKS
The boluses are maintenance-free devices, ready to use out of the box. The bolus is designed to be easily swallowed and will stay in the rumen (specifically reticulum) during the lifetime of the animal.
The Moonsyst Monitoring System collects data from the animal via a communication Gateway, to dedicated cloud-based servers. Farmers can access their specific information anywhere, anytime via our Mooncloud software application.
Mooncloud will work for you 24/7, providing accurate information enabling you make the best decisions to maximise the efficiency of your farm.
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SMART RUMEN BOLUS
The Rumen Bolus is a sensor that is orally administered by a farmer or a veterinarian, using a standard bolus gun. Once inserted, the bolus will remain in the rumen (specifically reticulum).
Each bolus has a unique ID that can be associated with the animal. The material of the bolus is an acid proof resin which protects the electronic parts and causes no harm inside the animal. The bolus is equipped with a battery that has a 6+ years life span.
The Smart Rumen Bolus is designed to capture animal activity, rumen temperature and movement. The bolus can be applied to animals of 350+ kgs. Once inserted into the animal, the bolus communicates with a Gateway, over a wide geographical area. The Gateway is a plug & play solution that is normally installed at a cattle barn.
size: 100 mm × 32 mm // weight: cca. 200g
MOONCLOUD
The Mooncloud has been designed based on farmers needs. The system helps to manage your animal’s health and lactation cycles. Mooncloud is going to be your newest colleague helping you optimise your herds management of health and outputs.
Mooncloud can be accessed by a phone, tablet or PC anywhere, anytime. The software provides a dedicated location for livestock information. Through simple graphical visualisation of this information, actionable management decisions are presented to farmers, vets and feeding experts on the health, wellbeing, reproduction and nutrition at animal and herd level.
Mooncloud supports push notifications directly to the App and email, that helps improve the daily routine on the farm and work-life balance. The Mooncloud software will also alert the farmer of any changes to an animal’s rumen temperature or activity, such as changes in drinking habits.
The benefits of mooncloud and the smart rumen bolus
The operation of Mooncloud supports the process of calving, facilitates insemination and helps prevent diseases. Mooncloud will work for you 24/7, providing accurate information enabling you make the best decisions to maximise the efficiency of your farm. Specific areas where Mooncloud will help include:
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Heat
Detection
Time consuming manual approach, that is very dependent on expert herdsmanship
On-going activity and rumen temperature monitoring
Individual animal heats identified and predicted through the use of Artificial Intelligence
No heats missed!
Artificial
Insemination
Based on human observation and visual monitoring
Heats predicted and optimal window for insemination sent directly to your phone
Improved success rates with insemination
Calving
Relies heavily on herdsmanship
Real time monitoring of cow’s behaviour and health
Real time alerts of calving events (days/hours in advance)
Disease
Intervention after clinical symptoms revealed
Advanced warning of health concerns
Enable timely and targeted medication treatments
Less use of antibiotics
Drinking
behaviour
Not monitored
Precise monitoring
Feeds into animal health monitoring
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MOONCLOUD IN USE
1. A Healthy Cow
The screen grab below shows a problem free cow. The heats are alerted every 20 days, following a high activity period. The decreased body temperature shows the regular water intakes, which has a small decrease in the 2nd heat, which is quite normal.
MOONCLOUD IN USE
2. High Rumen Temperature
The Smart Rumen Monitoring System supports early detection of ruminant diseases such as mastitis and pneumonia. The increasing body temperature can be forecasting illnesses 4 days before the visible clinical symptoms appear. In both cases, early stage illness detection saves money, time, treatments and manpower. This is the point when Moonsyst and the Smart Rumen Monitoring System saves money and keeps the animal in good health. The ongoing measurement in the rumen enables early detection of diseases. By monitoring the rumen 24/7 the slightest changes are visible, that enables preventative actions. Early intervention typically doesn’t require antibiotics, therefore reducing veterinary bills and negative side effects.
MOONCLOUD IN USE
3. Calving and Related Challenges
After insemination the system will be your eye on the cow, monitoring the animal and alerting you before calving. The notification should help you to make sure that the delivery goes safe and sound.
An alert before calving shows up in Mooncloud and sends a push notification to your phone, allowing you prepare the cow for calving. The graph shows temperature and activity. The usual form of calving has the same significant drop in temperature and a shorter one in activity. After calving it is quite usual to see an increase in activity and it is important to see the cow’s first water intake. A few hours later the temperature goes back to normal.
Technology enhancing expert herdsmanship.
understanding lactation and dry periods within mooncloud
Within the Mooncloud application, each cow’s specific status can be set. The length of these status periods can be tailored to a farm’s need. Shown below is an example of a cow’s yearly cycle.
Post calving the voluntary waiting period typically lasts two months, ending automatically in Mooncloud. Heat alerts (e.g. direct to phone) are then activated as part of the ‘Reproduction’ period, where possible heats are identified. If a confirmed ‘Insemination’ task is complete, the status of the cow will change automatically to ‘Inseminated’. Mooncloud will continue to monitor the cow for heat detection and generate a ‘Possible Open’ alert if a heat is detected post insemination. Following a positive pregnancy check(s), a task is generated to change the status of the cow to ‘Pregnant’. The system will continuously monitor the status of the cow and any health concerns alerted.
With a successful pregnancy roughly two months in advance of calving, Mooncloud will generate a ‘Drying Off’ task. Various ‘Calving’ alerts can then be generated, in accordance with the farm’s need. During calving, Mooncloud continues to monitor the cow’s health status pre and post the birth throughout this critical time.
ALERTS/PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Alerts or Push Notifications have the potential to be farmers best friends in herd management. The algorithms and Artificial Intelligence makes alerts possible by continuously monitoring your cow's data.
Here you can see what kind of alerts we have and how they support your work on the farm. Defaults are useful, however you can change the sensitivity. Moonsyst offers you the flexibility to suit everything which is important for you.
HEAT AND OTHER RELATED ALERTS:
At reproduction period increasing rumen temperature and activity is equal to HEAT.
The insemination task will come up after the confirmed heat alert.
If the animal is already inseminated or pregnant, a new heat could signal the possibility of previous insemination failure or a high risk of abortion.
HIGH RUMEN TEMPERATURE:
Mooncloud will know the cow’s average rumen temperature. Any significant fluctuations in temperature will be flagged by the system and alert you to check your animal.
This potentially can prevent illnesses before clinical symptoms show up.
REDUCED WATER INTAKE:
Based on the habits of the animal if there is a significant change in her water intakes within a day, this could flag a potential health concern.
CALVING ALERT
Mooncloud can identify rumen temperature drops and changes in activity prior to calving, generating Calving Alerts hours in advance.
INCREASING OR DECREASING ACTIVITY:
Both alerts based on herd and individual averages can be raised for unusual activity.
FARMER INPUT TASKS
Tasks are automatically generated after an alert is confirmed. The confirmations are manual depending on your decision.
Simplifying your herd management, Mooncloud helps to manage your duties during the most important stages of the breeding process.
INSEMINATION:
At reproduction period, a confirmed heat alert generates the insemination task.
If insemination complete, confirm your cow to move the next stage of the lactation. (Inseminated).
PREGNANCY CHECK:
Based on life periods and defaulted settings this task will appear a month after insemination to check your cow.
CHECK PREGNANT COW:
According to the settings, several days after the first pregnancy check there can be an additional alert to ensure pregnancy.
DRYING OFF:
If all the previous tasks complete, the drying off task will show up two months before the estimated calving date.
